Withnoimmediatefamilytolivefor,Josephishauntedbyapasthehastried,fordecades,toforget-ifnotactivelyobscurewithdrinkanddrugs.Sufferingthehangoverfromhell-thedryspellover-hewalksawayfromhispresentlifeandboardsaboatboundforIrelandtoconfronthazy,fear-inducingmemoriesfromachildhoodspentinthecaresystemthathe'shadtoforget.Emotionallyandphysicallywrecked,JosephreuniteswithanincredulousAnna(HelenBehan,ThisisEngland'88and'90),thesisterhehasn'tseensincechildhood.AnnapersuadesherwaryhusbandMichael(FrankLaverty;MichaelCollins)toletJosephstayandgivehimworkinthefamily-ownedbuildingcompany.There,JosephisforcedtodirectlyconfrontthedemonsofhispastwhenhecomesfacetofacewithCraigy(MarkO'Halloran),ashadowyfigurewhoisdoggedbydarkrumors,andwhowon'tleaveJosephalone.Joseph'sprecariousfamilyreunionisfurthercomplicatedwhenheisimmediatelydrawnto...